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Africa NewsDecember 9, 2025 Japan’s JICA Backs African Health-Tech Startup CarePoint With $3M Loan as Tokyo Deepens Continent Push Development finance agency uses private sector lending vehicle to back byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsDecember 9, 2025 Egypt Forces Government Insurance Funds Into Stock Market in Controversial Capital Market Push Financial regulators mandate state-affiliated portfolios shift from treasury byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsDecember 5, 2025 Estonia’s Latitude59 Goes All-In on Africa, Bringing 2,500 Techies to Nairobi’s “Silicon Savannah” As European tech cools, Estonia's flagship conference bets big on East Africa's byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsDecember 5, 2025 Senegal’s Teranga Capital Secures €1.5M Proparco Guarantee to Target Africa’s “Missing Middle” SMEs Senegalese private equity firm Teranga Capital has closed a strategic €1 byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsDecember 5, 2025 South Africa Launches Major Investigation Into Shein and Temu Over Consumer Protection Violations The probe marks the first significant regulatory challenge to the ultra-fast byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsDecember 4, 2025 From Wreckage To Revival: iProcure’s Resurrected Tech Platform Secures SunCulture Investment. The strategic minority stake signals cautious optimism for African B2B byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsDecember 3, 2025 Singapore’s Bolttech Acquires Kenyan Insurtech mTek In Rare African Exit Deal. Singapore-based insurtech bolttech just acquired mTek, a Kenyan digital byBetty Wangari
Africa News NigeriaDecember 3, 2025 NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator 2025 finalists Revealed – Techmoonshot From 32 countries and 700 hopefuls, five African nations send their best to byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsDecember 3, 2025 500 Global’s Africa Partner Mareme Dieng Departs After Five Years, Leaving Gap in Firm’s Continental Strategy. The Senegalese investor's exit comes just over a year after her promotion to byBetty Wangari
